arkham1010 t1_jajthiw wrote on March 1, 2023 at 11:00 PM Reply to comment by Starks in NASA’s DART data validates kinetic impact as planetary defense method | DART altered the orbit of the asteroid moonlet Dimorphos by 33 minutes by mepper Apparently there were plans for a bigger DART, called the Longer Adjustment Wide Nacelle, or LAWN-DART for short. However it was found that too many children were injured during research into LAWN-DARTS so the program was scrapped. Permalink Parent 14
arkham1010 t1_jajthiw wrote
Reply to comment by Starks in NASA’s DART data validates kinetic impact as planetary defense method | DART altered the orbit of the asteroid moonlet Dimorphos by 33 minutes by mepper
Apparently there were plans for a bigger DART, called the Longer Adjustment Wide Nacelle, or LAWN-DART for short. However it was found that too many children were injured during research into LAWN-DARTS so the program was scrapped.